| 失 |
shī zhī jiāo bì | to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip |
| 失 |
shī | to lose / to miss / to fail |
| 之 |
zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 交 |
jiāo | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤 |
| 交 |
jiāo bì | linking arms / arm in arm / very close |
| 臂 |
bì | arm |